Mayo’s reality as a maritime county was never more obvious to me than when we left Achill for an Under-10 girls football blitz on Clare Island last week.

A friend has told an inquest of his desperate efforts to save the life of 88-year-old Charles O’Malley after the latter’s jeep went off a pier on Clare Island just over a year ago.

The driver, a man in his 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

High-speed broadband is finally coming to Clare Island.

Ten of the 17 beaches affected are in Co Mayo, two in Galway, one in Donegal and the remaining four are located in Dublin

A Mayo councillor has said it is “so embarrassing” that the people of Clare Island had to deal with a boil water notice for four months.

Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on Uisce Éireann to "do its job" and ensure a continuous supply of potable water to the 160 residents of Clare Island.